Joe Biden all but announced an end to the pandemic in the U.S. on Sunday, celebrating what he called a “heroic" vaccination campaign on the country’s Independence Day holiday.
Speaking at a party on the White House’s South Lawn with more than 1,000 people in attendance, Biden declared that the U.S. had achieved “independence" from the coronavirus, though he cautioned against complacency with more transmissible variants circulating in the country.
Today, all across this nation, we can say with confidence: America is coming back together," Biden said to a cheer from the invited guests. “Today, while the virus hasn’t been vanquished, we know this: It no longer controls our lives, it no longer paralyzes our nation and it’s within our power to